Blarney Woollen Mills loses challenge against liability for land hoarding tax on hotel site

An Bord Pleanála ruled the derelict site of the former Blarney Hotel and Leisure Centre should be included in map designating land liable for new residential zoned land tax

The Blarney Park Hotel, which opened in 1969, was damaged by fire in 2008 after it had been closed in October 2007. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Blarney Woollen Mills group has lost its challenge against the decision by Cork City Council that it should be liable for a new land hoarding tax on the site of a former hotel near the world-famous Blarney Castle.

An Bord Pleanála has confirmed the inclusion of the derelict site of the former Blarney Hotel and Leisure Centre on a final map designating land liable for the new residential zoned land tax (RZLT).